Thanks Neil. Are you saying at the local Pick and Pull, they let you put your car up on a lift??scot850 wrote:A hoist would be good, but get the car up on jack stands as I did., or when at PnP pulling parts and it is just fine to work on.
Have a really good look at the main 2 bumper bolts on the rear valance/brackets above the muffler and it's mirror part on the other side.
Spray with plenty PB blaster/Deep Creep before tackling, but when you try to undo the bolts feel for how much resistance you have trying to undo the bolts. They shear either just above the head or at the top when they are seized in the captured nut in the bumper bracket.
This may give you an idea, but the V70 doesn't have the inner 10mm bolt on the sides, but has 2 sliders instead. Otherwise the same.
https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums ... ear+bumper
Good luck!
Neil.
Re the PB blaster, would I spray this onto the 10mm bolt (both the bolt head and the exterior portion of bolt too?) Never used it before.
I'll have to find the part number of those rivets so I can order them BEFORE I start doing this hah.
I can't imagine why Volvo designed these dumb plastic vents to be inserted from behind the bumper, what a stupid idea.